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  1. Remembering Cyberia, the World’s First Ever Cyber Cafe

    I barely went there but, still, nostalgia for the times.

  2. Tributes for former Braintree Council leader who has died | Braintree and Witham Times

  3. Transmissions from Nowhereland - by ted mills

    “Issue 009/November: Interlude. In which I tell you about Karl, a good little guy” Lovely, sad writing.

  4. New CSS that can actually be used in 2024 | Thomasorus

    I ignore new CSS for years so this summary might actually be useful to me. In a year or two. (via Adactio)

  5. Lost Halloween Film Posters…

    Very good, for middle-aged British folk.

  6. My Modern CSS Reset | jakelazaroff.com

    Buy my book, “ConSiStent: A History of CSS Reset”, 576pp. (via adactio)

  7. ‘We Were Wrong’: An Oral History of WIRED’s Original Website | WIRED

    Oversells the “WIRED is also part of the problem” angle I think. Or, the bits it thinks were the problem weren’t the problem.

  8. Tributes paid to giant of Essex Labour, John Gyford - Braintree & Witham Labour Party

    “John Gyford … has died aged 85.”

  9. Miniature concrete models of iconic Brutalist Architecture – Spaceplay

    Tasty.

  10. Why is Dale Vince Lying About Heat Pumps?

    Debunking his arguments. (via FaveJet)

  11. ‘It was hard not to stare at him all the time’ | The Guardian

    Lovely oral history of Leonard Rossiter. “He was also very affectionate with our bearded collie, Humphrey.”

  12. Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art | The New Yorker

    Ted Chiang again with good arguments. (via everyone, weeks ago)

  13. The Shield oral history: Michael Chiklis, Walton Goggins, Glenn Close reflect on FX drama

    A bit too “It and everyone are the best!!” but still interesting.

  14. Adam Curtis: The Map No Longer Matches the Terrain

    “We’re waiting for someone to draw a new map, and until then, we’re just going to witter away to each other on podcasts.” (via Garbage Day)

  15. Tom Johnson · Diary: Strange Visitations

    I didn’t expect to come across mention of a church just up the road from us in the LRB. (subscribers only)

  16. radiac/nanodjango: Full Django in a single file

    Sounds great, very clever. Nicely done. (via Simon Willison)

  17. Retirement Planner Links — James Shack

    Love a good retirement planner spreadsheet.

  18. Record Club

    Like Letterboxd, but for music I think. Seems nice.

  19. It’s Lowtime — Observations on Apple’s September event | Riccardo Mori

    “My impression that Apple is severely removed from how actual people use their phones is reinforced every time they show a short video to illustrate how certain features work.” (via Michael Tsai)

  20. UV with Django

    Very useful, by Anže Pečar.

  21. UV — I am (somewhat) sold – Oliver Andrich

    I’m trying to switch to uv entirely and am eager for examples of real-world usage like this. (via Simon Willison)

  22. The Spectrum

    A ZX Spectrum with built-in games, HDMI, etc. I wouldn’t actually use it but it’s a lovely looking idea. (via b3ta newsletter)

  23. Philosophize This!

    If I listened to podcasts then I’d give this a go. (via Transmissions from Nowhereland (Ted))

  24. OSM Then and Now

    Compare OpenStreetMap in 2008 with now. Amazing progress. (via @[email protected])

  25. A Weekend at the Immersion Larp Festival – mssv + Have You Played

    Fascinating account of Adrian Hon’s visit to a Nordic Larp festival.

  26. Slow-Motion Machines

    A mix by James A. Reeves based mostly on five favourite 1990s tracks slowed way down to haunting speeds.

  27. Russell Davies: TikTok Triptych

    I really like these “collagey/plunderphonic/ColdCutuppy thing[s]” made out of TikTok’s. Well done Russell.

  28. astral-sh/uv: An extremely fast Python package installer and resolver, written in Rust.

    Sounds good. Replacement for pip, pip-tools and virtualenv, with plans to replace more like pipx and pyenv. (via @[email protected])

  29. Tom Raffield | Luxury British Wooden Lighting & Furniture Designer

    I like some of these lampshades and wall lamps.

  30. Tom Crewe · Carnival of Self-Harm: Good Riddance to the Tories

    Even having lived through this mess, it’s shocking to read how badly successive Tory governments have screwed the country.